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THE SECRET WORK OF ELEPHANTS: African forest elephants fight climate change by contributing in surprising ways to natural carbon capture.
- Source :
- Finance & Development; Dec2020, Vol. 57 Issue 4, p58-62, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The article discusses how African forest elephants contribute in mitigating climate change. Also cited are how poaching and deforestation significantly reduced the population of the elephants in central African rainforests, how the elephants help in natural carbon capture that mitigate climate change, and the efforts to save the elephant population like the United Nations Development Programme Financing Solutions for Sustainable Development.
- Subjects :
- AFRICAN elephant
CLIMATE change
CARBON sequestration in forests
NATURAL resources
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00151947
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Finance & Development
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 147973894